Mobile Devices – Applications in Teaching

Special Guest: Deanna Li

NeLSC - Mark Anthoney / Carol Howehttp://

webshare.northseattle.edu/elearning/workshops/mobile

NeLSC Workshop Series Fall 2012

Why Mobile?

• Look to K-12 students- NYC middle school – 900 students/404 cellphones

100 iPods “confiscated”

Why Mobile?• Look to K-12 students

- Forsyth County Schools, GA- “The students were also eager to share what they

knew about their technology devices and how they could be utilized in the classroom.”

High Schools, too!

• Shoreline School District• http://schools.shorelineschools.org/technolog

y/2012-2013-technology-initiatives/

It’s here…

• NeLSC is seeing increased questions from faculty and students using mobile devices to access ANGEL LMS tools

• Faculty asking NeLSC about using tablets for classroom lectures, conferences

Deanna Li

Educreations – free iPad whiteboard app for Math instruction

Look at what I created for my Math 148 class: Click here to view my lesson

Tools used:• iPad• Mobile device application: Educreations free

• Writing Implement: Boxwave Evertouch Capacitive Stylus with Fibermesh fabric $9.50 through Amazon

Bring Your own Device

• BYOD – From “contraband” to “constitutional”

Socrative

• Free web-based “clicker” software • Teachers: t.socrative.com• Students: m.socrative.com

• Apple, Android apps available as well• Frequent, low-stakes assessment – gauge

student comprehension during lectures, quickly display anonymous results

iPad Checkout

• NeLSC and TLC has iPads for loan

Resources

• http://sites.southseattle.edu/mobile/• http://www.m-learning.org• http://

www4.uwm.edu/ltc/srs/faculty/best_practices.cfm